Biography
James Edward Franco (born April 19, 1978) is an American actor and filmmaker. For his role in 127 Hours (2010), he was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Actor. Franco is known for his roles in films, such as Sam Raimi's Spider-Man trilogy (2002–2007), Milk (2008), Eat, Pray, Love (2010), Rise of the Planet of the Apes (2011), Spring Breakers (2012), and Oz the Great and Powerful (2013). He is known for his collaborations with fellow actor Seth Rogen, having appeared in eight films and one television series with him, examples being Pineapple Express (2008), This Is the End (2013), Sausage Party (2016), and The Disaster Artist (2017), for which he won a Golden Globe Award for Best Actor.
Franco is also known for his work on television where his first prominent acting role was the character Daniel Desario on the short-lived ensemble comedy-drama Freaks and Geeks (1999–2000), which developed a cult following. He portrayed the title character in the television biographical film James Dean (2001), for which he won a Golden Globe Award, and received nominations for Screen Actors Guild Award and Primetime Emmy Award. Franco had a recurring role on the daytime soap opera General Hospital (2009–2012) and starred in the limited series 11.22.63 (2016). He starred in the David Simon-created HBO drama The Deuce (2017–2019).
Filmography
all 217
Movies 184
self 47
TV Shows 33
Director 15
Producer 14
Voice 4
Writer 2
Screenplay 1
Naya Legend of the Golden Dolphin (2025)
The Price of Money: A Largo Winch Adventure (2024)
Spider-Man: All Roads Lead to No Way Home (2022)
The Long Home (2021)
Sleepaway Slasher (2020)
Birth of a Poet (2020)
Arctic Dogs (2019)
Pretenders (2019)
Zeroville (2019)
Don't Come Back from the Moon (2019)
The Ballad of Buster Scruggs (2018)
Kin (2018)
Freaks and Geeks: The Documentary (2018)
Cultureshock (2018)
Future World (2018)
Mississippi Requiem (2018)
The Show (2017)
The Deuce (2017)
The Vault (2017)
Blood Heist (2017)
The Mad Whale (2017)
Alien: Covenant (2017)
Tenn (2017)
The Disaster Artist (2017)
Actors Anonymous (2017)
The Institute (2017)
Alien: Covenant - Prologue: Last Supper (2017)
High School Lover (2017)
The Labyrinth (2017)
Rio (2017)
Why Him? (2016)
Blood Surf (2016)
King Cobra (2016)
In Dubious Battle (2016)
Goat (2016)
F for Franco (2016)
Sausage Party (2016)
Mother, May I Sleep with Danger? (2016)
The Caged Pillows (2016)
Burn Country (2016)
The Adderall Diaries (2016)
Memoria (2016)
The 4%: Film's Gender Problem (2016)
VICE Guide to Film (2016)
11.22.63 (2016)
Angie Tribeca (2016)
Yosemite (2016)
Richard Peter Johnson (2015)
The Night Before (2015)
A Walk in Winter (2015)
The Sound and the Fury (2015)
Queen of the Desert (2015)
Call Me Lucky (2015)
Close Up with The Hollywood Reporter (2015)
The Little Prince (2015)
Black Dog, Red Dog (2015)
Miss Famous (2015)
Wild Horses (2015)
Killing Animals (2015)
David Letterman: A Life on Television (2015)
True Story (2015)
The Heyday of the Insensitive Bastards (2015)
Hot Ones (2015)
Saturday Night Live: 40th Anniversary Special (2015)
Every Thing Will Be Fine (2015)
I Am Michael (2015)
Don Quixote: The Ingenious Gentleman of La Mancha (2015)
Age of the Moon (2015)
The Interview (2014)
Variety Studio: Actors on Actors (2014)
Future Relic 02 (2014)
National Theatre Live: Of Mice and Men (2014)
Guests (2014)
Dave Skylark's Very Special VMA Special (2014)
Good People (2014)
Dawn of the Planet of the Apes (2014)
Obituaries (2014)
Behind the Scenes of Palo Alto (2014)
Palo Alto (2014)
Child of God (2014)
Deadbeat (2014)
Veronica Mars (2014)
Late Night with Seth Meyers (2014)
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon (2014)
I Think You're Totally Wrong: A Quarrel (2014)
Bound 3 (2013)
Homefront (2013)
Playtime (2013)
Sal (2013)
As I Lay Dying (2013)
Interior. Leather Bar. (2013)
Here Comes the Night Time (2013)
Mademoiselle C (2013)
Third Person (2013)
What Is Cinema? (2013)
Comedy Central Roast of James Franco (2013)
A Fuller Life (2013)
Lovelace (2013)
Roast of James Franco: Red Carpet Pre-Show (2013)
Venice 70: Future Reloaded (2013)
La Passione (2013)
Bukowski (2013)
This Is the End (2013)
The Director (2013)
The Frame (2013)
Oz the Great and Powerful (2013)
Spring Breakers (2013)
Kink (2013)
The Color of Time (2012)
The Mindy Project (2012)
The Letter (2012)
The Iceman (2012)
Maladies (2012)
Marina Abramović: The Artist Is Present (2012)
The Broken Tower (2012)
Hart Crane: An Exegesis (2012)
About Cherry (2012)
Honest Trailers (2012)
Francophrenia (2012)
Jeffrey (2012)
Eames: The Architect and the Painter (2011)
My Own Private River (2011)
Rise of the Planet of the Apes (2011)
Hamish and Andy's Gap Year (2011)
Caput (2011)
Your Highness (2011)
Blood Meridian Test Reel (2011)
The Green Hornet (2011)
14 Actors Acting (2010)
127 Hours (2010)
Conan (2010)
42 One Dream Rush (2010)
Howl (2010)
Love and Distrust (2010)
Eat Pray Love (2010)
With Great Power: The Stan Lee Story (2010)
Masculinity & Me (2010)
The Clerk's Tale (2010)
Saturday Night (2010)
Shadows & Lies (2010)
Date Night (2010)
Herbert White (2010)
Goat Boy (2010)
SNL Presents: A Very Gilly Christmas (2009)
The Feast of Stephen (2009)
The Room Before and After - Part 1: James Franco (2009)
Erased James Franco (2009)
Milk (2008)
Good Time Max (2008)
Nights in Rodanthe (2008)
Pineapple Express (2008)
Camille (2008)
Between Two Ferns with Zach Galifianakis (2008)
In the Valley of Elah (2007)
An American Crime (2007)
Interview (2007)
Knocked Up (2007)
Spider-Man 3 (2007)
Killers Kill, Dead Men Die (2007)
Finishing the Game: The Search for a New Bruce Lee (2007)
The Hills with James Franco and Mila Kunis (2007)
The Holiday (2006)
The Dead Girl (2006)
30 Rock (2006)
Grasshopper (2006)
Flyboys (2006)
The Wicker Man (2006)
Tristan & Isolde (2006)
Annapolis (2006)
Iconoclasts (2005)
The Colbert Report (2005)
The Great Raid (2005)
The Ape (2005)
Fool's Gold (2005)
The Tony Danza Show (2004)
Spider-Man 2 (2004)
The Company (2003)
Blind Spot (2003)
Jimmy Kimmel Live! (2003)
Sonny (2002)
City by the Sea (2002)
Mother Ghost (2002)
You Always Stalk the Ones You Love (2002)
The Car Kid (2002)
Deuces Wild (2002)
Spider-Man (2002)
Spider-Mania (2002)
Behind the Ultimate Spin: The Making of 'Spider-Man' (2002)
James Dean (2001)
Some Body (2001)
Mean People Suck (2001)
At Any Cost (2000)
Whatever It Takes (2000)
If Tomorrow Comes (2000)
The Early Show (1999)
Freaks and Geeks (1999)
Never Been Kissed (1999)
To Serve and Protect (1999)
To Serve and Protect (1999)
Profiler (1996)
The Daily Show (1996)
Pacific Blue (1996)
The X-Files (1993)
The Tonight Show with Jay Leno (1992)
LIVE with Kelly and Mark (1988)
kinokino (1978)
Saturday Night Live (1975)
Jesse Heiman: World's Greatest Extra
Bunny-Man
Dumpster Diving
Kill the Czar
Alina of Cuba: La Hija Rebelde
Hey Joe
Me, You
The Policeman
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Known ForActing
GenderMale
Birthday1978-04-19 (45 years old)
Birth NameJames Edward Franco
Birth PlacePalo Alto, California, United States of America
ReligionJudaism
SiblingsDave Franco, Tom Franco
CitizenshipsUnited States of America
ResidencesLos Angeles, United States of America
Also Known AsJames Edward Franco , Джеймс Франко, เจมส์ แฟรนโก, 詹姆斯·法蘭科, ジェームズ・フランコ, 제임스 프랭코, جيمس فرانكو, Джеймс Едвард Франко, Franco, franco, 詹姆斯·弗兰科
Awardsstar on Hollywood Walk of Fame, Indiana Film Journalists Association Award for Best Actor, Golden Shell, Golden Globe Award for Best Actor – Miniseries or Television Film
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